122423 Christmas quotes...

 

Christmas is sights,

Especially the sights

Of Christmas reflected

In the eyes of a child.

- William Saroyan

 

To celebrate the heart

Of Christmas is to

Forget ourselves in the

Service of others.

- Henry C. Link

 

Christmas…

That magic blanket that

Wraps itself about us,

That something so

Intangible that it is like

A fragrance.

It may weave a spell of nostalgia.

Christmas may be a day of feasting,

Or of prayer, but always it will be

A day of remembrance…

A day in which we think of everything

We have ever loved. 

- Augusta E. Rundel

 

I have always thought

Of Christmas time,

When it has come round,

As a good time;

A kind, forgiving,

Charitable time;

The only time I know of,

In the long calendar of the year,

When men and women seem by

One consent to open their

Shut-up hearts freely,

And to think of people below

Them as if they really were

Fellow passengers to the grave,

And not another race of creatures

Bound on other journeys. 

- Charles Dickens

 

Blend equal parts of

Faith and Hope

Mixed well with Charity;

Stir in Good Will and

Sweet Content and Precious Memory.
Add Kindness, Helpfulness and Joy;

Of Gratitude don't spare;
then drop by drop Love's

Essence sweet,

And Praises freely share.
And don't forget such spices

Rare as Laughter,

Smiles and Fun,

Taste often for the best results,

('Tis sweet to mince upon).
Now add a Thankful Heart and then,

The recipe's complete,
Your "Merry Christmas"

All will like…

So try the season's treat.

- Esther Lloyd Dauber

 

May Christmas bring you happiness,
a song to fill your heart
with all the blessings large and small
the season doth impart.
- Garnett Ann Schultz